On This Day in Sport for May 24
Events in Sport
- 1877 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5
- 1879 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5
- 1900 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼
- 1905 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
- 1918 Cleveland starter Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) in a complete game as the Indians beat the New York Yankees, 3-2 at the Polo Grounds, NYC
- 1926 Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi sets world 3000m record (8:25.4) in Berlin, Germany
- 1928 Record 12 future Baseball Hall of Famers take the field as NY Yankees beat Philadelphia A's, 9-7 at Shibe Park; managers Miller Huggins & Connie Mack, umpire Tom Connolly also HOF'ers
- 1929 Chicago WS pitcher Ted Lyons and Detroit's George Uhle go 21 innings before Tigers get a run to win, 6-5; longest game (3 hours, 31 mins) ever at Comiskey Park, Chicago
- More Events in Sport
Jimmy Demaret
Jim BarnesWeddings in Sport
- 1995 Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (22) weds pediatrician Anjali Mehta (28)
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
May in Sport History
The 100-year Football Curse that Appears to be Working
S.L. Benfica has failed to win a European Championship since 1962, when former coach Béla Guttmann placed a 100 year curse on the club. Is the curse working?
May 2, 1962All-Female Crew Triumphs in Whitbread
After New Zealand’s Peter Blake crushed all opposition in the 1989-90 Whitbread round the world race an all-female crew came home on this day, stealing the show
May 28, 1990
